Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-09
THE ICE KINGS GRASP
Beauty and Grandeur Of
snOquaImIe by Winter.
A Hountain Of Crystal ovsrhang viii
Nist-Ths Sparkling Jewels whish
Sa'ars weaz-Manlfold
Glories Of Winter.

WRITTEN RoR TIE Po5--INTELLE9ENcKE-
A q ssmneF resort and gems 81
rendezvous for -eampine-oat part e., y
saoQasinis falls peed no iutrodr elton
- tie Seattle p1biie, bat q recent visit
% this great natural wonder 81 9 tine
shen the Frost King" had envsloped
everything With marvellous specimens Of
bis bsDdiw0rk, has prodaeed saeh an
impression on those favored With 5 view
% the scene, that Il IL taouQht q short
description Of les bgund sooqgsImis
xOuid be Of some interest 10 tie read
ers Of tbs PosT lNrKLLTGxscEz.
On February 6ta our party was made
np At the Suoquslmie Hop Ranch, co.,
s.stiuR Of menbeFs Of tue engineering
party at wogk ia this locality Surveying
for the route Of tie Seattle, Like shore
cid ferry at the Hep Ranch, we followed
lhe rosd down the river for about two
miles, then. taking trail to the left.
proceeded for sb81t one hundred yards
bstWesn lines Of trees marked with
numerous evidences Of former visitors.
coming suddenly out uosu the edge of
The elm 0verbsuRingth the great preeipiee
i1st bel0v the falls.
WOSDEETUL SCENE
Was here presented 30 our view. Above
aud surrounding az was the hebi,
festhsry mist. through which the dsz-
King rays OF the morning sun we're At
tempting 10 force their way. The sides
81 ths elf opposite we're only dluly
outlined tbreuzh the mist, sFpeariDR
almost weird and Protesqge, covered as
they we're With their winter dFapery OF
snow aud ice. The cataract itself
seemed lost In the great canopy Of mist
Whish seemed TO cover 10 like a veil, and
the showers Of spray which appeared to
entirely oil the space below, Over and
above AL could be heard the osassless
roar, which wss rendered even more i'm
pFessive, coming a. 10 did frsm soms
thing vaguely and indistinctly pictured
behind the veil Of mist and spray. But
the natural curiosity Of human nature
seldom permits a person 10 rest salts
hsd with q glimpse Of hesnty yelled; the
natural impulse has ever been to
TEAR Aside THE CURTAIN
Aud obtain a nearer and better view.
IL was 80 in our case. and the only way
70 improve our position vas TO descend
the rocky trail which raas in a zig gag
course down the cliff about two hundred
yards below the falls. This is never an
easy task, bat at this particular time,
uhen all nature was coated With thin
covering Of snov and Zoe. II was a case
Of sliding. pure and simple, with coca
sional rests when sons friendly tree
came near enough for a short embrace.
The only drawback 10 this pleasant
mode Of descent was the ever present
thought continually brooding over our
minds, that the reverse operation would
soon have 20 be performed against the
active opposition Of the now too friendly
force OF gravity. We soon reached the
bottom, none the worse for wear, and
felt amply repaid for our trouble az We
proceeded up the river bed TO within
atty yards OF the fall. The na9nifi
cent scenery opened out more and
more as We approached nearer. Il Ii
difficult TO hnd words With which to de
scribe the grand combination of earth
water aud sky which was here spread
out before rs like